Baul musician Bapi Das collaborates with Madonna

Baul musician Bapi Das got not only the opportunity to collaborate with
Madonna on her yet untitled album but also to cut two tracks for her.

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Methil Renuka

April 2, 2001

ISSUE DATE: April 2, 2001

UPDATED: November 7, 2012 16:46 IST

It was a matter of chance. That pop DivaMadonna, a recent convert to Sanskrit shlokas and bindis, was looking for a new sound.

So when Kolkata-bred, Paris-based Baul (folk music from Bengal) musician Bapi Das, 37, took his one-stringed ektara and did a demo, it got the son of famous Baul musician Purna Das not only the opportunity to collaborate with Madonna on her yet untitled album but also to cut two tracks for her.

Das, who also got Madonna to sing for his new album, says she found it "interesting". Ah, indeed.

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